Today's picks: Why St. John's will cover against Xavier and more college basketball, soccer and college baseball best bets and picks for Wednesday
SportsLine's proven experts share their favorite bets on the Early Edge podcast for Wednesday, March 2
Jonathan Coachman is joined by top sports betting experts Larry Hartstein, Mike McClure, John Bollman and Zack Cimini on the Early Edge podcast, powered by SportsLine. Get highlighted plays for college basketball, college baseball and soccer for Wednesday, March 2, and you can stream the show live every morning on the SportsLine YouTube page.
Coach starts things off with two SportsLine plays of the day. The first comes from the Copa del Rey semifinal between Athletic Bilbao and Valencia (3:30 p.m. ET):Â Athletic Bilbao Draw No Bet (+100). "They have been playing great as of late," he says.
The second play comes from college basketball: Fordham (+4) to cover against UMass (7 p.m. ET). "UMass is 0-6-1 [ATS] in their last seven games," Coach says. "They fired their head coach. Fordham beat UMass two days ago by 12 points."
McClure's lone play also comes in college basketball: St. John's (-1.5) to cover against Xavier (6:30 p.m. ET). "St. John's just beat this team by 13," he says. "These two teams are really trending in opposite directions."
Bollman's play comes in college baseball: Southern Miss (+110) to beat Mississippi State (6 p.m. ET). "This will be Mississippi State's fifth game in six days, and [the Bulldogs]Â have a big series against my Tulane Green Wave coming up this weekend, and they will need to save their pitching arms for that," he says.
Cimini has two college basketball plays. The first is Saint Joseph's (-1.5) to cover against La Salle (7 p.m. ET). "They have covered their last five road games," he says.
His second play is Tennessee State (-3) to cover against SIU Evansville (7:30 p.m. ET). "[The Tigers] beat them by 16 points less than two weeks ago," he says. "They beat them by five on the road."
Hartstein closes out the show with one college basketball play: St. Francis (+12) to cover against Wagner (7 p.m. ET). "St. Francis can score," he says. "Both [previous games this season] were fairly competitive."
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